I've Gotta Get A Message To You chords
The Bee Gees 1968 *
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%27ve_Gotta_Get_a_Message_to_You
Intro
[C] [F] [C] [F]
Verse
[Bb] [Cm]
The preacher talked to me and he smiled.
[F] [Bb]
Said, 'Come and walk with me, come and walk one more mile.
[Cm]
Now for once in your life you're alone,
[F] [G]
but you ain't got a dime, there's no time for the phone.'
Chorus
[C] [Dm]
I've just gotta get a message to you,
[F] [G] [C]
hold on, hold on.
[Dm]
One more hour and my life will be through,
[F] [G] [C] [F]
hold on, hold on.
Break
Verse
[Bb] [Cm]
I told him I'm in no hurry,
[F] [Bb]
but if I broke her heart, then won't you tell her I'm sorry.
[Cm]
And for once in my life I'm alone,
[F]
and I've got to let her know
[G]
just in time before I go.
Chorus
[C] [Dm]
I've just gotta get a message to you,
[F] [G] [C]
hold on, hold on.
[Dm]
One more hour and my life will be through,
[F] [G] [C] [F]
hold on, hold on.
Break
Verse
[Bb] [Cm]
Well I laughed but that didn't hurt,
[F] [Bb]
and it's only her love that keeps me wearing this dirt.
[Cm]
Now I'm crying but deep down inside,
[F] [G]
well I did it to him, now it's my turn to die.
Chorus
[C] [Dm]
I've just gotta get a message to you,
[F] [G] [C]
hold on, hold on.
[C] [Dm]
One more hour and my life will be through,
[F] [G] [C] [A]
hold on, hold on.
Chorus
[D] [Em]
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah)
[G] [A] [D]
(Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah) Hold on.
[D] [Em]
One more hour and my life will be through,
[G] [A] [D]
hold on, hold on.
Chorus
[D] [Em]
I've just gotta get a message to you,
[G] [A] [D]
hold on, hold on.
[D] [Em]
One more hour and my life will be through,
[G] [A] [D]
hold on, hold on.
(repeat and fade)
* Alternate:
Capo III
[C] = [A]
[F] = [D]
[Bb] = [G]
[Cm] = [Am]
[G] = [E]
[Dm] = [Bm]
[Em] = [C#m]
[A] = [F#]
[D] = [B]
Set8
